During the Tang Dynasty, there was a businessman named Wang Xiaoming, Wang Xiaoming was kind-hearted, and his business was smooth sailing, and he knew many dignitaries.
One day, Wang Xiaoming went out to business, and after selling all the goods, Wang Xiaoming dismissed his subordinates and went home alone while playing, but he forgot the hour on a whim, and did not find a place to stay until dark.
Wang Xiaoming traveled day and night, but as a wealthy businessman, he really had never suffered this kind of hardship, and soon his legs were like lead, and it was very difficult to take a step.
As a last resort, Wang Xiaoming had to find a big tree at random, and sat down to rest with his back against the tree.
Wang Xiaoming took out some dry food from his bag, and took advantage of the moonlight to deal with a few mouthfuls at will, but the water in the kettle was gone, and the dry food was really difficult to swallow.
Wang Xiaoming looked around, trying to find some water to quench his thirst, but the water was not found, and suddenly he found a thin figure behind a tree in the distance, staring at him.
Wang Xiaoming walked over and found that it was a skinny, pale little boy, and the boy's eyes kept staring at the cake in Wang Xiaoming's hand.
Seeing this, Wang Xiaoming handed the little boy a cake, and the little boy took the cake and devoured it, and in the blink of an eye, a cake was eaten.
Wang Xiaoming was not a stingy person, so he handed the little boy a cake again, and although the little boy swallowed his saliva, he did not continue to eat, but hid the cake behind him.
Seeing this, Wang Xiaoming gave all the cakes to the little boy, and said to the little boy: "Your parents are in **, why did you run out alone, hurry home, if your parents can't see you, you will be worried." ”
The little boy said in a milky voice: "My house is nearby, and when I am hungry, I will come out to find food." ”
After the little boy finished speaking, he pulled the corner of Wang Xiaoming's clothes and walked in one direction, Wang Xiaoming was worried that he had nowhere to stay, so he happily followed.
The two walked to a dilapidated thatched house, Wang Xiaoming knocked politely on the door, and then walked in and saw a bloodless woman sewing something.
Then the little boy took out the bread and said to the woman, "Mother, eat the bread, this bread is delicious." ”
The woman picked up the little boy, saw Wang Xiaoming at the door, politely welcomed Wang Xiaoming into the house, and poured a bowl of water for Wang Xiaoming.
Wang Xiaoming was thirsty early in the morning, picked up the bowl, and drank the water in one go.
The woman took out the only bowl of wild vegetables at home to entertain Wang Xiaoming, Wang Xiaoming only knew that the woman's family had no money, and this bowl of wild vegetables might be the rice for the next few days, so he politely refused the woman's kindness. Seeing this, the woman did not force it.
Wang Xiaoming saw that there was silence in the room, so he broke the silence and asked, "Why don't you see anyone else at home?" ”
The woman did not hide it and said: "My husband's name is Li Wenwen, he went to Beijing to take the exam, and he will come back to pick up our mother and wife when he gets fame in the exam, but it has been several years, and he has not come back." ”
After the woman finished speaking, she entered the back room, and after a while, she came out and said to Wang Xiaoming: "This is the jade pendant he left behind, if you meet him in business, please call him back to see, even if he has no fame, it's fine, we miss him." The woman sobbed softly and carefully handed the jade pendant to Wang Xiaoming.
Wang Xiaoming took the jade pendant and said to the woman: "Don't worry, when I see your husband Li Wenwen, I will definitely ask him to go home." ”
It was already late at night, and the woman led Wang Xiaoming to a room and said to Wang Xiaoming: "I have wronged you to live here tonight, this is my husband's study in the past." ”
Wang Xiaoming didn't care, it was already grateful to Dade to have a place to live and not to sleep in the wilderness, and Wang Xiaoming soon fell asleep.
When he woke up, he suddenly found himself under a big tree, Wang Xiaoming thought he had a dream, and when he stood up to sort out his clothes, he found that there was a jade pendant in his pocket, which was the one given by the woman last night.
Wang Xiaoming instantly knew what was going on, and saw that there were two graves, one large and one small, not far away, Wang Xiaoming bowed to the grave, and then said: "Don't worry, as long as your husband Li Wenwen is not dead, I will definitely find him and bring him back." Then a gust of wind blew.
Wang Xiaoming continued to walk, but this time he obviously had more worries and was not so easy.
I walked for a long, long time before I met a farmer, and Wang Xiaoming asked the farmer about women out of curiosity.
It happened that the farmer was the woman's former neighbor, and the farmer sat down and talked to Wang Xiaoming for a long time.
The woman's original name was Wan'er, and she lived with her mother Liu since she was a child, and her father died very early.
Liu is a hard-working person, no worse than a man, and raised her daughter Wan'er to be slim, and the hard work during this period is not enough for outsiders.
Wan'er grew up to be as beautiful as a flower, and the people who came to propose marriage were about to break the threshold of the Liu family, but Wan'er never liked it.
Until one day, a scholar came to the village, and the scholar fainted at the door of Liu's house, Liu was not a person who could not be saved when he saw death, so he helped the scholar into the house and took care of him.
Liu's daughter Wan'er was tempted when she saw the scholar for the first time, and she took over the matter of taking care of the scholar.
The scholar woke up and saw Wan'er, who was taking care of himself, as if he had seen a fairy.
The scholar's name is Li Wenwen, who went to Beijing to take the exam, but he was infected with a cold on the road, and he wanted to beg for a bowl of water to drink, but he fainted.
Li Wenwen soon recovered from his illness and fell in love with the girl who took care of him, so he found Liu, knelt in front of Liu, and said that he wanted to marry Wan'er.
However, Liu thinks that Li Wenwen is a scholar and will definitely make a difference in the future, and his family is a rural village family and cannot afford to climb high.
Seeing this, Li Wenwen swore to Liu that he would live up to Wan'er in this life, otherwise the sky would thunder. and took out his ancestral jade pendant and handed it to Wan'er.
Seeing that his daughter was also secretly promising Li Wenfang, Liu knew that it would be fruitless to stop him, so he had to agree in the end.
The next day, the Liu family invited the elders of the clan and the village head, and the two simply worshipped the church to get married.
After getting married, the two loved each other, respected each other like guests, and were very pleased with each other.
However, the exam was imminent, and Li Wenwen had to go to the capital to catch the exam, and Wan'er waved goodbye to her husband with tears at the entrance of the village.
Li Wenwen said to Wan'er: "When I come back, I will definitely take you to live a good life." ”
Since then, Wan'er waited for her husband at the entrance of the village all day, and ten months later, Wan'er gave birth to a big fat boy, but she has not seen her husband come back.
Wan'er is a woman, and she can't take her child to go so far to find Li Wenwen.
A few years later, an epidemic swept through the village, and Wan'er and her son died in the epidemic.
After the rest of the villagers had buried the dead in the village, they all stayed away from this sad place.
The farmer scolded: "Li Wenshu is really a negative man, he provoked Wan'er, but he was not responsible. ”
Wang Xiaoming was also very angry after hearing this, his fists were clenched tightly, and he vowed in his heart that he must find this negative man and seek justice for Wan'er.
Wang Xiaoming borrowed a hoe from a farmer, bought some money, paper, candles, and incense, repaired Wan'er's grave, and then left.
Wang Xiaoming returned to the capital Sichuan to inquire, but no one had heard of Li Wenwen's name. There is a vast sea of people, and finding someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, especially with only one name.
But Wang Xiaoming has never forgotten, in a blink of an eye, a few years have passed, Wang Xiaoming has been a businessman, and he will inquire about wherever he goes.
Once when passing by a friend's house in a businessman, Wang Xiaoming went in to ask his friend for a glass of water and wine, and the two had not seen each other for many years, so they pushed the cup and changed the lamp, and soon the drunkenness appeared in the hearts of the two.
After Wang Xiaoming got drunk, he told his friends about Wan'er, during which he angrily broke a wine glass.
When my friend heard the name Li Wenshu, he came back to his senses and said to Wang Xiaoming: "I remember that the county order of our county is called Li Wenshu, and I still have a friendship with him. ”
Wang Xiaoming was overjoyed, he had nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it took no effort to get it, so he said to his friend: "If you have time to make an appointment with the county order, I'll see if it's the negative man." ”
A few days later, Wang Xiaoming's friend asked Li Wenshu out, and Wang Xiaoming saw that Li Wenwen's behavior and words were reasonable, and his anger towards him disappeared a little.
During the banquet, the three of them drank and chatted, so happy, just when the atmosphere of the three of them was high, Wang Xiaoming deliberately took out the jade pendant and put it on the table.
When Li Wenwen saw the jade pendant, he suddenly lost his previous calmness, but asked: "Where did this jade pendant come from?" ”
Wang Xiaoming didn't answer his question and asked, "Do you remember Liu?"Do you remember Wan'er?”
The cup in Li Wenwen's hand fell to the ground but he didn't know it, and it was already teary-eyed Wang Xiaoming saw this, turned back with a fist, hit Li Wenwen in the face, and shouted: "Negative man, do you know that she is waiting for you?"Bastard. ”
Li Wenwen let Wang Xiaoming fight and did not resist.
Wang Xiaoming was tired and told Li Wenwen about Wan'er's experience.
Li Wenwen also cried bitterly, he cried heartbreakingly, and said to Wang Xiaoming: "I'm sorry for her." I'm sorry for her, but I lost her. ”
It turned out that Li Wenwen went to Beijing to take the exam, because of his literary talent, he was favored by the prefect, and the prefect married his daughter to him, he did not dare to refuse, and soon after he got married, he made the county order here. I know that I am sorry for Wan'er, I always feel guilty and uneasy, I always comfort myself, thinking that Yu'er is as beautiful as a flower, and if she waits for a long time if she doesn't return, she will definitely marry someone else.
In this way, a few years have passed, and Li Wenwen has never had the courage to go to see Wan'er, but now he has a different path.
After this day, Li Wenwen followed Wang Xiaoming, rode straight to Wan'er, came to Wan'er's grave, and saw two grave bags, one large and one small, Li Wenwen knelt on the ground, and tears couldn't stop flowing out.
Did you know?Wan'er is still thinking about you when she dies, she said that she and her son miss you, and I hope you come back to see them, they don't expect you to get ahead, they just want you to come back and have a look, why are you so ruthless. ”
Under the guidance of the villagers, Li Wenwen came to Liu's tomb, and Li Wenshu knelt down, crying and repenting and apologizing.
A few days later, Li Wenwen rebuilt the tomb for Wan'er, and Li Wenwen saw the bones of his son and wife Wan'er, and his heart was like a knife.
Li Wenshu burned the paper one by one, and at this time, a gust of wind blew, and the burning paper flew everywhere, as if Wan'er and her son were saying goodbye to Li Wenwen, telling him that they had never blamed him.
Li Wenwen resigned when he went back, came to Wan'er's grave alone, built a straw hut, and stayed by Wan'er and her son all day long.
When he was later found, he had been dead for many days and his body had been eaten.
couldn't bear to expose his corpse in the wilderness like this, so he dug a pit next to Wan'er's grave and buried Li Wenwen here.
Righteousness is mostly dog slaughterers, and ruthless people are mostly readers.